Ball projecting gun with ball feeding obstacle game table



Jan. 19, 1965 M. FLEISHMAN BALL PROJECTING GUN WITH BALL. FEEDING OBSTACLE GAME TABLE Filed July 20, 1962 INVENTOR.

United States PatentO 3 166 3-21 BALL PRQEECTEN'G WETH BALL FEEDENG @ESTACLE GAME TABLE l vlyron Fleishman, 3471 Fenton Ave, New erlr 69, NF!- Fiied Italy 2%), 1962-, Sier. No. 211,232 2 @iaims. (Cl. 273,-'-95) The present invention enables two or'more players, employing guns as described and shown herein, to evidence their skill in positioning a projectile against the retarding eiiect of obstacles carried by the gun, the winner of the test of skill being the first to project a thrown object, usually upon a target of suitable form. The projectile may be a ball or may be an implement having the characteristic of a dart, so that it may be held by a target.

The invention will be described with referenceto thev accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the gun; FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 22, FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a target box, in the sense that it embodies a normally horizontal plate having pockets, employed with atransparent cover, shown in dotted lines, formed with one or more openings for registration with the muzzle of the gun.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the device consists of a table member 1, preferably of annular form and provided with a shallow side wall., The table member is provided with an opening at 2 which preferably lies centrally of the table. Obstacle posts 3 are arranged about the opening 2. A ball or similar device may be placed on the table at the position marked Start and the table tilted back and forth until by the skill of the operator the ball is brought to the opening and falls downwardly. In addition to theh obstacle posts 3, vertical guard members 4 may be employed at the start position, together with obstacle bars 5 forwardly of the same.

When the ball drops through the opening at 2, it passes into a correspondingly apertured tube 6 constituting the muzzle of a gun. The ball is temporarily held by a detent 7, the latter beinga light spring slightly turned upward at its front end, that end rising through an opening at 8 in tube 6.

Tube 6 constitutes the muzzle of a gun on which the table 1 is fixed, and the tube is held by a handle 9, the latter being formed with a'recess which receives the tube. Rearwardly of thetube the handle is apertured,

the aperture being surrounded by bushing 10. A plunger rodll is guided by the bushing and isnormally held in the position of FIG. 2 by coiled spring 12. Plunger rod 11 carries a striking head l4 and when the plunger rod is pulled back and released it will strike the ball or other member to be propelled, and the latter will be forced out of the tubular muzzle 6.

. In FIGURE 2 the element to cated. by dotted lines at 15.

While the plunger rod may be retracted against the tension of spring 12, and immediately released, I prefer that a trigger arrangement be employed for releasing the plunger rod. To this end, FIG. 2 shows a trigger at be projected is indi- 17 engaged by a spring 18, the trigger being held by the.

handle 9 through the instrumentality of a'pivot pin 19. Thus when the plunger rod is pulled back, the trigger will rock on its pivot through the action ofthe head member 14 on the top cam surface of the trigger until the said head 14 is engaged by,the shoulder at 17 on .the trigger. This shoulder area is depressed when the trigger is pulled and therefore releases the latching action of the trigger.

In the forepart of the specification the use of the device by a plurality of players has been outlined. When the ball or other propelled implement is adapted to be held upon a target, as where the target is made of a surface layer of dense pile fabric or the like, and the ball has the characteristics of a bur-surfaced member, the first of a plurality of players who succeeds in positioning the ball or similar missile in his gun can fire the same at a target and the other player or players follow along with like action. When a hard surface ball or similar device is employed, there still may be an element of skill in locating the ball in a selected one of a plurality of pockets, the pockets having numbers indicating different values, and the selected pocket having a higher number and hence a higher score. To this end, as is shown in FIG. 3, a target device is shown consisting of a base member 21 having a plurality of pockets 22, and in this instance the base member may be covered by a removable transparent cover of plastic or the like indicated by dotted lines at 23, and having one or more openings as at 24 for registration with the muzzle of the gun.

In the use of the target shown in FIG. 3, the first player who succeeds in positioning his playing ball through opening 2 of the gun obstacle table, may manipulate the muzzle of the gun relatively to an opening 24 in transparent cover 23 and seek to fire the ball into the pocket of a high score number. This will usually be done by rebound of the ball from a side of the cover member,

much'as the rebound directional movement of a pool ball is effected.

It will be understood that various modifications may be made in the form and arrangement of the elements shown in the embodiments of the invention without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A toy obstacle gun comprising a table having an opening therein guarded by a plurality of upwardly projecting obstacle members for a projectile adapted to pass through said opening, a device carrying the table and consisting of a tubular member having an opening corresponding with that of the table and in register therewith, a handle receiving and securing the tubular member under the'table, spring-engaged means for projecting said projectile out of said tubular member, said. last named means consisting of a plunger rod within the tubular member rearwardly of its opening and projected through the rear of the handle, a coiledspring encircling the plunger rod, and a detent member adapted to releaseably hold a projectile against movement toward the dis- .inner end, a trigger pivoted on the handle, .andv said trigger having an upwardly inclined top face ending in a substantially vertical shoulder adapted to be engaged by the plunger rod head for latching the rod, and spring means holding the trigger in latching position relative to said shoulder.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED- STATES PATENTS 294,491 Mestier Mar. 4, 1884 713,072 De Marais' Nov. 11, 1902 1,532,669 Bartezki Apr. 7, 1925 1,927,424 Trubenbach et a1. Sept. 19, 1933 Harris Dec. 5,1944 

1. A TOY OBSTACLE GUN COMPRISING A TABLE HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN GUARGED BY A PLURALITY OF UPWARDLY PROJECTING OBSTACLE MEMBERS FOR A PROJECTILE ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPENING, A DEVICE CARRYING THE TABLE AND CONSISTING OF A TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING CORRESPONDING WITH THAT OF THE TABLE AND IN REGISTER THEREWITH, A HANDLE RECEIVING AND SECURING THE TUBULAR MEMBER UNDER THE TABLE, SPRING-ENGAGED MEANS FOR PROJECTING SAID PROJECTILE OUT OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID LAST NAMED PROJECTILE OUT OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID LAST NAMED MEMBER REARWARDLY OF ITS OPENING AND PROJECTED THROUGH THE REAR OF THE HANDLE, A COILED SPRING ENCIRCLING THE PLUNGER ROD, AND A DETENT MEMBER ADAPTED TO RELEASEABLY HOLD A PROJECTILE AGAINST MOVEMENT TOWARD THE DISCHARGE END OF THE TUBULAR MEMBER AND HAVING ACTION FORWARDLY OF THE OPENING IN THE TABLE. 